The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-08
WOOL MEN IN ARMS.
They Declare the Message an
Attack on Their Industry.
THE PEACE COMMISSION.
A Telegraphic Injunction-To Queli
RiOt-He Got One Fourth
A Railroad Sold.
The Wool Men in Arms.

WASHINGTON, December TAT to-
days session of the conference of wool
growers and wool dealers of the United
states, the following was unanimously
adopted: The wool dealers and wool
growers of the United States, repre-
senting a capital of over $500 .0O0 900,
and a constituency of 100000 wool
growers and wool dealers. ass mbled in
conference, having read the nrst annual
message of the President to the Fiftieth
Congress, declare that the sentiments OF
the MESSAGE are direct attack on their
industry. one Of the most important of
the country, and in positive violation
of the national Democratic platform of
1884. as interpreted Dy the party leaders
and accepted by the rank and file of the
party; that the argument made by the
President for the removal of our pro-
lection against foreign competition is
one repeatedly made by the enemies of
our industrial progress ami effectively
answered in nearly every school district
of our land. and SO thoroughly dis
proved by The logic of facts AID the de-
monstratiOn of experience and history.
3 right to expect something different
from the Chief Executive of a nation,
the most happy, prosperous and con-
tented of any in the world, made
so by the policy of protection and
development which he now seeks to
destroy. We had the right to expect
that our President would favor the wool
growers of the United States, and con-
fess our deep disappointment, that, in
stead, he fevOrs the interests of our
foreign competition. We make appeal
from his recommendations to the
1850 000 of our fellow citizens engaged
In agriculture, to the millions engaged
in manufacturing, to the army of wage
earners, to the tradesmen and mer-
chants, that the judgment and decision
be based upon justice and patriot
ism. and, therefore, for the mainten-
ance of The American policy OF protec-
ion to which the country is indebted
for its unexampled prosperity.
If the whole amount of revenue de-
rived from wool was abolished. it would
reduce the surplus to about s. 600 000.
and less than 10 cents per cap ia of the
population which is paid by foreigners,
while the ola var taxes he recommends
to retain yield over $l19 100000 and is
ii direct tax per capita of 81 each. The
annual revenue derived from the i'm
ports of wool, under the tariff OF 1867,
was less than $i7.000.000. Under the
reduced tariff Of 1888, the revenue last
year was over 5000 600. The num.er
of sheep in the country in 1884
was 50626 GIG. Ia 1887 there were
a, 759 .314, decrease of nearly 6 ,0OO, coo,
aud q diminution Of the annual wool
product Of over IS. 10000 pounds, thus
showing that the reduction of the tariff
by the act of 1888 has increased the
revenue from imported wcOIs ard di.
minished the number of sheep in the
United States about II per cent. The
Presidents policy would bring about a
destruction of this industry, and the
same policy of reduction or abolition of
tariff would end in disaster to all the
other industrial enterprises of the
country.